is a Japanese manga artist who is especially known for his adaptations of literary works by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. His manga has been translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Polish.
Career In Q4 2005, in the midst of a nonproductive period, he was exploring new ideas for "stories about monsters with no positive outcome". His publisher introduced him to the Cthulhu Mythos by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. In a subsequent interview with CNews2, Tanabe said how he was impressed by characters who "lose all hope and appetite for life. It is this common thread in Lovecraft's stories that particularly struck me".
In 2007, he drew the romantic drama in the magazine Comic Beam, published in the same year by Enterbrain, as well as , loosely adapted from H. P. Lovecraft's short story.
In 2012, he drew an adaptation of Mr. Nobody in Monthly Comic Ryū and it was also subsequently published in three bound volumes by publisher Tokuma Shoten.
In 2015, he drew Lovecraft's in Comic Beam, which was published by Enterbrain.
In 2016, Enterbrain published further Lovecraft adaptations of and .
In 2018, he drew Lovecraft's , followed by in 2019.
On March 12, 2021, he completed Lovecraft's .
Honours Gou Tanabe has received international recognitions for his manga adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's works. In 2019, his adaptation H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness was nominated for the Best Comic Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. his another adaptation H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Out of Time went on to win the award for Best Series at the same festival in 2020.. In 2024, his another adaptation H. P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.
Bibliography Adaptations of Lovecraft's works Stories by other authors: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov´s The House with the Mezzanine, Maxim Gorky´s Twenty-six Men and a Girl, Marley Caribu´s A Barnstormer on Pont-Neuf, Sanyutei Encho´s Kasane Souetsu Goroshi and Gou Tanabe´s Ju-ga Also adapted: The Temple and The Nameless City Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2017; Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2025; Also adapted: Dagon 4 Volumes Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2019 in 2 Volumes; Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2025; Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2024; 2 Volumes Translated in English by Dark Horse Manga in 2023; 3 Volumes Also adapted: Celephaïs and The Other Gods Also adapted: To a Dreamer, Polaris, The Terrible Old Man, The Strange High House in the Mist, The Statement of Randolph Carter, The Silver Key, and Azathoth
Series Based on the rakugo horror story Ghosts of Kasane Swamp by Sanyutei Encho. Volume 1, 2007 Volume 2, 2007
Volume 1, 2011 Mr. Nobody Volume 1, 2012 Volume 2, 2013 Volume 3, 2014 Based on Lafcadio Hearn's The Story of O-Tei, Franz Kafka's A Hunger Artist, Tao Yuanming's The Peach Blossom Spring and 3 original stories by Marley Caribu: Fortune Teller Warika, Hanging stand and Competition Volume 1, 2015
See also Cthulhu Mythos in popular culture
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